चतुराई
Hindi
Etymology
From चतुर (catur, “shrewd”) + -आई (-āī).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃə.t̪ʊ.ɾɑːiː/
Noun
चतुराई • (caturāī) f
- shrewdness, cleverness, acumen
- Synonyms: चतुरता (caturtā), होशियारी (hośiyārī)
- skill, dexterity
- Synonym: दक्षता (dakṣatā)
- cunning, guile
- राजनीतिक चतुराई ― rājnītik caturāī ― political cunning
- Synonym: चालाकी (cālākī)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “चतुराई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press